Johnny Chung

Ever try to meet people in Vancouver? You'll have better luck keeping Britney Spears out of the tabloids for a week than you will convincing someone to talk to you in a bar. So there you stand, wondering, "Who are all these people I see every time I go to a show?" You're too shy to ask, so we do it for you.

The best show I ever saw was: "Sia this past October [at the Media Club]. Her cheekiness goes hand in hand with her emotional rawness. She leaves you in awe and in such a high. The new material she performed was just as catchy and melodic as her previous work. The highlight of the show would be her performing my favourite song, 'Breathe Me'. It left me absolutely speechless ."

I wish people would shut up about: "Seriously! Harry Potter.”¦bibbitty, bobbitty, boo! I'm over it! Please just talk to me about the latest progress on Britney Spears's custody hearings. Seriously."

The last concert T-shirt I bought was: "A John Mayer T on his Continuum tour last May. It was a fantastic show. But unfortunately, the originally loose-fitting T turned skintight after one wash. You know something's fishy when the T-shirt costs more than the album itself."

In the movie of my life, I'd be played by: "Jake Gyllenhaal in his younger years. Seen Donnie Darko ? Like Jake in that movie, I'm also looking for a way to travel back in time."

You really wished you could've been drunk and dumb in private when”¦ "It's generally not a wise idea to be roaming the streets when you're a bit buzzed, but what's even worse is running into a Speakers Corner [booth] with a few of your best friends who are equally as drunk. The resulting disaster was our drunken rendition of Britney Spears's "Gimme More". From what I heard from people who saw it was that it might have been even better than Ms. Spears's version. I'm just saying."

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